Support for multiparameter attribute assignment on virtual attribute writers

Hello,

I’ve worked on two projects now where I’ve had to use multiparameter assignment on ‘virtual’ attributes (i.e., non database columns/aggregates). A little Googling led me to other people who have been having the same issue: http://groups.google.ca/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/59eddeee019a7820/5738b749c978bc40

From the Lighthouse ticket:

“Currently, using multiparameter assignment on a non-column or aggregation throws an error. Since the existing implementation used the reflection to determine whether to create a Date or Time instance to send to the writer, and there’s no easy way to infer the desired datatype from the method name or arity, I figured that sending a Time instance for virtual attributes is best in all cases (since a time inherently contains a date.)”

Ticket with patch: https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/2675-support-for-multiparameter-attribute-assignment-on-virtual-attribute-writers

Thanks,

Brennan